April 12: BATH, Bruce Brown, curator at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, will speak on collecting at 6 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Annex, 798 Washington St. $5/$8 442-8455

April 13: PORTLAND, ethics scholar and author, George Annas, will speak on “Gentics, Bioethics and Human Rights: Privacy, Property and the Post-Human,” at noon at UNE Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave. Free 283-0171

April 13: PORTLAND, guest author James L. Nelson will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710

April 14: AUGUSTA, Deanna Bonner-Ganter, curator of photography, art and archives at the Maine State Museum, will speak about the history of silhouette making and the museum’s newest exhibit at 7 p.m. at the Maine State Museum. Free 287-6740

April 14: BRYANT POND, Joyce Lamb of West Paris will speak about one of her trips to England at 10 a.m. at Whitman Memorial Library. Free 674-2143

April 19: HALLOWELL, Sumner Webber will speak on “Historic Hallowell,” at 7 p.m. at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Free 622-3813

April 20: PORTLAND, author Christine Ellen Young will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710

April 21: ORONO, Malcolm Collins, Prof. Martha McNamara, Jennifer Jones and Sara Martin will speak on “The University of Maine’s Historic Preservation Master Plan,” at 5 p.m. at UMO Maine Center for the Arts. Free 581-3571